This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

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When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives....

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking...

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our...

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and...

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to...

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test....

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...

The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much...